Tal Iram (via Tel Aviv University)

Stan­ford study sug­gests brain flu­id trans­fer from young to old mice can im­prove mem­o­ry

The hu­man brain has a wa­ter­fall around it, ac­cord­ing to Tal Iram, a post­doc in neu­ro­science at Stan­ford.

That wa­ter­fall, the cere­brospinal flu­id, is a salty and metal­lic stew of nu­tri­ents and pro­teins that are vi­tal to the brain and ner­vous sys­tem, but is most­ly known as the sim­ple cush­ion that sur­rounds the brain and pro­tects it from bumps and bruis­es.

How­ev­er, a new study sug­gests that the cush­iony wa­ter­fall stew may play an ac­tive role in ag­ing and mem­o­ry.

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